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Sakurai also supervised the lyrics for ''Ultimate'''s theme song, "[[Lifelight]]". | Sakurai also supervised the lyrics for ''Ultimate'''s theme song, "[[Lifelight]]". | ||
On September 13th, 2019, Sakurai won 4 Tokyo Game Show awards and confirmed that ''Ultimate'' will only have content from video games.<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=_J1yGa3SY-Y</ref> | On September 13th, 2019, Sakurai won 4 Tokyo Game Show awards and confirmed that ''Ultimate'' will only have content from video games.<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=_J1yGa3SY-Y</ref> | ||
Starting from December 27th, 2019, Sakurai began posting screenshots from the development version of ''Ultimate'' daily to his | Starting from December 27th, 2019, Sakurai began posting screenshots from the development version of ''Ultimate'' daily to his Twitter account, in similar vein to ''Smash 4'''s "Pic of the Day".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/1210396156049518592|title=Sakurai begins sharing dev screenshots from ''Ultimate''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PushDustIn/status/1210398709571129344|title=Translation of the Sakurai's dev screenshots tweet}}</ref> | ||
==''Super Smash Bros.'' Websites== | ==''Super Smash Bros.'' Websites== | ||
Starting in 1999, Sakurai wrote and maintained [[Smabura-Ken|Sumabura-Ken]], a website which in its various incarnations detailed the content and gameplay of ''Smash 64'', ''Melee'', and ''Brawl''. The ''Brawl'' website was the first to have Sakurai's updates translated from Japanese to other languages; the English version was known as the {{SSBB|Smash Bros. DOJO!!}} Though a separate [[Super Smash Bros. 4 Official Site|official website]] was created for ''Smash 4'', Sakurai posted daily updates about the games' development to the [[List of Director's Room Miiverse posts|Director's Room]] {{b|Miiverse|social network}} community throughout 2013 and 2014, and the current Miiverse "pic of the day" also appeared on the official site. The [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site|official website]] for ''Ultimate'' also featured daily updates from Sakurai up until the game's release date, which are also available through a [[Nintendo Switch]] News Channel. | Starting in 1999, Sakurai wrote and maintained [[Smabura-Ken|Sumabura-Ken]], a website which in its various incarnations detailed the content and gameplay of ''Smash 64'', ''Melee'', and ''Brawl''. The ''Brawl'' website was the first to have Sakurai's updates translated from Japanese to other languages; the English version was known as the {{SSBB|Smash Bros. DOJO!!}} Though a separate [[Super Smash Bros. 4 Official Site|official website]] was created for ''Smash 4'', Sakurai posted daily updates about the games' development to the [[List of Director's Room Miiverse posts|Director's Room]] {{b|Miiverse|social network}} community throughout 2013 and 2014, and the current Miiverse "pic of the day" also appeared on the official site. The [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site|official website]] for ''Ultimate'' also featured daily updates from Sakurai up until the game's release date, which are also available through a [[Nintendo Switch]] News Channel. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Sakurai provided voice acting for [[King Dedede]] in ''{{s|wikirby|Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards}}'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.<ref name="Dedede">{{cite web |url=http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/gamemode/various/various38.html |title=Smash Bros. DOJO!!: Smash Trivia |accessdate=2010-11-17 |date=2008-04-14 |publisher=Nintendo |quote=Brawl’s director, Masahiro Sakurai, provided the voice for King Dedede.}}</ref> | *Sakurai provided voice acting for [[King Dedede]] in ''{{s|wikirby|Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards}}'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.<ref name="Dedede">{{cite web |url=http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/gamemode/various/various38.html |title=Smash Bros. DOJO!!: Smash Trivia |accessdate=2010-11-17 |date=2008-04-14 |publisher=Nintendo |quote=Brawl’s director, Masahiro Sakurai, provided the voice for King Dedede.}}</ref> | ||
*Sakurai's wife, Michiko Sakurai (née Takahashi), worked on the user interface for many of his games, including ''Meteos'', ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'', and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, as well as other HAL Laboratory projects such as ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards''<ref>http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/michiko-sakurai</ref>. In the original ''Super Smash Bros.'', she additionally designed the [[Title screen|title]] and [[Character selection screen|character selection]] screens, as well as the [[Peach's Castle]], {{SSB|Mushroom Kingdom}}, and {{SSB|Yoshi's Island}} stages<ref>http://themushroomkingdom.net/ssb_credits-full.shtml</ref>. | *Sakurai's wife, Michiko Sakurai (née Michiko Takahashi), worked on the user interface for many of his games, including ''Meteos'', ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'', and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, as well as other HAL Laboratory projects such as ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards''<ref>http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/michiko-sakurai</ref>. In the original ''Super Smash Bros.'', she additionally designed the [[Title screen|title]] and [[Character selection screen|character selection]] screens, as well as the [[Peach's Castle]], {{SSB|Mushroom Kingdom}}, and {{SSB|Yoshi's Island}} stages<ref>http://themushroomkingdom.net/ssb_credits-full.shtml</ref>. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/index.html Smabura-Ken] | *[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/index.html Smabura-Ken] | ||
*[http://www.smashbros.com/wii Smash Bros. DOJO!!] | *[http://www.smashbros.com/wii Smash Bros. DOJO!!] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Game developers]] | [[Category:Game developers]] | ||
[[Category:Nintendo people]] | [[Category:Nintendo people]] | ||
[[Category:Voice actors]] | [[Category:Voice actors]] | ||
[[Category:Kirby universe]] | [[Category:Kirby universe]] | ||
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. universe]] | [[Category:Super Smash Bros. universe]] | ||
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. series]] | [[Category:Super Smash Bros. series]] |